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Actually, it's not massive, but he was so cool playing his bass with the Stooges last summer that I developed a bit of a thing.
 
PieEye said:
I just watched that with Geoff.

I have a massive thing for Mike Watt.
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I was absolutely glued when I saw it the first time. Some great footage in there, and a veritable who's who of the scene talking about the band, and the gigs. Great stuff.

Mike Watt, eh?

Firehose or Minutemen? :hmm:

e2a:

PieEye said:
Actually, it's not massive, but he was so cool playing his bass with the Stooges last summer that I developed a bit of a thing.
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Aaah, ok, I'll let you off. :cool: :D
 
Never seen it, but "Feltham Sings" (a sort of musical documentary about a young offenders institute) looked really good.

Anyone know where to get it online?
 
Grizzly Man
When We Were Kings
DIG!
Buena Vista Social Club
Don't Look Back
Crumb

Of the ones already mentioned, Capturing the Friedmans is compellingly fucked up. Hoop Dreams is just incredible.
 
Enron
Capturing the Friedmans
My Kid could Paint That
The Blue Planet....pretty much all BBC Planet Earth doco's actually.
I Wasn't Meant for These Times about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Very touching and fragile much like the man himself.
The Fisherman - Aussie doco about an imprisoned childkilling man and a terrible case of 3 missing children.
 
Sadken said:
Crossing the Line is the best one I've seen for a while - about the US soldiers who crossed to North Korea during the Korean war and became minor slebs over there.
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where did you see / buy this? I can't find it to buy or download anywhere on the net
 
Louloubelle said:
The Century of the Self

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/century_of_the_self.shtml
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This is my personal fav too. Also anything by Adam Curtis.

Other good uns

2. Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.

HIP-HOP: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “hip-hop head,” Hurt examines issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today’s hip-hop culture.
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Fucking awesome this one and hardly anyone seems to have seen it. Also touches on how class, imperialism and corporate power in America have shaped the commercial hip hop industry.

3. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (a.k.a. Chavez: Inside the Coup) is a 2002 documentary about the April 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt which briefly deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. A television crew from Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ happened to be recording a documentary about Chávez during the events of April 11, 2002. Shifting focus, they followed the events as they occurred. During their filming, the crew recorded images of the events that they say contradict explanations given by Chávez's opposition, the private media, the US State Department, and then White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer. The documentary says that the coup was the result of a conspiracy between various old guard and anti-Chávez factions within Venezuela and the United States.
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Revolution and Counter-revolution in living colour.

4. Être et Avoir

How do we learn to live with others and their wishes? Director Nicolas Philibert poses this question in a village schoolhouse in Auvergne, where Georges Lopez teaches 13 children, ages ranging from about four to 12. Against a landscape of mountains and farmland, from driving snow to rain to sun, the children gather in Lopez's warm and colorful classroom, to read, write dictation, cook, and sort things out. At home, the older ones do homework with parents after their chores. At year's end, they look ahead to the next, visiting the middle school and meeting the little ones coming in the fall. As they learn sums and adjectives, with Lopez's help, they also learn to live side by side.
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This one's just too cute for words.
 
Jeff Robinson said:
2. Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.



Fucking awesome this one and hardly anyone seems to have seen it. Also touches on how class, imperialism and corporate power in America have shaped the commercial hip hop industry.
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That looks really interesting have bookmarked for later :)

that site is great!

I found this here
http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=50074
Married to the Eiffel Tower a documentary about people (mostly women) who fall in love with objects such as the golden gate bridge. Much less salacious that it sounds, very well directed, completely bizarre, yet fascinating



Jeff Robinson said:
Être et Avoir



This one's just too cute for wordsc
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really lovely gentle film, very moving :)
 
This thread just inspired me to watch Hoop Dreams again.

Good as ever, the final scenes perfectly encapsulate what sport is about.
 
Ooh!

Rize

David LaChapelle doco on the clowning and krumping scene in LA. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G dancing

Made me feel really fucking lazy actually.
 
Crumb or most of the ones by Nick Broomfield - in particular the one set in a youth prison. also, afghnistani about the russia - afghanistan war.
 
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